Chapter 129 Who Do You Like

Lenora clenched the fist by her side slightly.

It was as if Johanne could read her thoughts. "Don't worry," he assured her, "Grandpa is not an unreasonable man. He wants nothing more than your Happiness, and I will help persuade him..." 45 Free Coins

"I..." Lenora was about to say something when footsteps echoed from behind, accompanied by Zachary's voice. "Nora? Why haven't you come back? Johanne, you're here too?" Johanne gave Zachary a smile. "I was just chatting with Nora."

Johanne had a warm and genial personality. When Lenora lived in the Fuller residence, her relationship with Johanne actually improved.

Zachary didn't suspect anything. He simply said to Lenora. "I noticed you didn't eat much earlier. Let's go. back and have some more."

"Okay," Lenora responded indifferently.

Johanne's gaze lingered on them for a couple of seconds before he spoke up. "I should get going too Otherwise, Mallory might suspect that I'm out smoking again."

Upon seeing the cigarette butt on the ground, Zachary lifted the corner of his mouth into a slight smirk.

Johanne whispered, "Don't tell her."

Zachary raised an eyebrow as he said, "You smell like smoke."

Johanne paused in his tracks, lifted his arm, and sniffed his shoulder before saying helplessly, "I'll take a walk outside before I come back."

After lunch, two cars departed from the Fuller residence and stopped at the foot of the hill where the

cemetery was.

From the moment they set off for the cemetery, Zachary had become significantly quieter.

In the past, it was the same.

Lenora had found it quite odd before. Zachary had grown up by his grandfather's side, and his father had passed away early. His bond with his father wasn't deep, and after more than a decade, she figured that he shouldn't be missing his father that much. After she heard what Johanne said, it all made sense to her.

When they arrived, Johanne lit a candle as they paid their respects.

"Dad, Mom, Mallory and I brought Ryan to visit you. Ryan, great your grandpa and grandma."

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father. Whether this was due to a lack of emotion or a deliberate choice in the presence of Johanne, no one knew.

at the silent Zachary, a wave

had paid their respects,

wheel, his eyes focused on the road ahead. "Let's go back to the Fuller residence. It's rare that we have some time. I want to spend it with

"Alright."

Lenora off at the

Zachary finished his work and arrived

frail Gerald was already

to the elderly couple and left. Once they were

jewelry box Lenora, saying, "I picked this up on the way here. See

interview he had that afternoon was with a

the end, there were a few questions about Zachary's personal life, which served as his response to recent public opinion. Previously, he chose not to go public. On

One pertained to Susanna, while the other

doing so,

interview for one reason only-he didn't

blame.

able to stand by his

of the camera, the inexplicable

back without delay to see her. On his way, he passed by a jewelry store where a

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the box. Inside was a platinum necklace, its design perfectly. complementing her

didn't reveal much surprise as she closed the lid and placed

slightly furrowed his

Doesn't she like it?

have to work

""What's wrong?"

have something to tell

talk about it

glanced at the traffic ahead. "Let's talk

a tragedy similar to that of Ronald and

Bay, Zachary placed the car keys on the table, removed his coat, and hung it on the rack. He poured a glass of water for both himself and Lenora, then

words, Zachary froze on the spot. As he poured water, he

to the brim, yet

looked into Zachary's eyes, repeating herself once

a

his fingers until they turned red and soaking his sleeves in the process. Lenora looked at him in

as we can."

at Lenora,

and

Without uttering

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